Huey Lewis on I Want a New Drug, Ghostbusters, and the Biggest Music Lawsuit of the 80s

Huey Lewis and the News came out of nowhere in the eighties to take over radio… fact is Huey paid his dues for almost a decade and had a failed band and record deal before he finally made it with his first hit at 33 year of age. But Huey stole the spotlight in the most completive year in music. and the song that put them over the top for good was one the singer wrote in mere minutes: I Want a New Drug… he was driving and the song came to him in a flash so..he quickly pulled over and ran into an office and screamed for a pen and paper and wrote it in about 90s seconds. It became a smash but was sorely misunderstood then later it was part of a huge lawsuit when the biggest film of the year Ghostbusters asked him to write a song for their soundtrack. And when he had to decline they allegedly asked another artist to write a song with the exact sound of this one. This legend is here to tell the story next.

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